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enCoast Guard honors Fran Ulmer at ceremony http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-08-04/coast-guard-honors-fran-ulmer-ceremony
<p>Former Lt. Governor and current chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission Fran Ulmer Saturday received a Coast Guard District 17 coin from the district commander, Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, in honor of the work Ulmer has done on behalf of the Coast Guard and the Arctic region in general.</p>
<p>Ostebo made the award at the close of the 399-foot heavy icebreaker Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s Juneau visit, a day that featured public tours and a private reception.</p>
<p><a href="http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-08-04/coast-guard-honors-fran-ulmer-ceremony" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-08-04/coast-guard-honors-fran-ulmer-ceremony#commentsLocalJOHN R. MOSESAlaskaAmericaAnchorageAntarcticaArcticArctic OceanBarack ObamaBPchairChancellorCommanderContact DetailsCutter Polar StarDisasterDisasterFran UlmerFran UlmerGuardIcebreakerLt. GovernorMan Made DisasterMcMurdo Research StationNorthern Sea Routeoil and gasPerson CareerPerson Email AddressPerson LocationPhysical geographyPolitical geographyPresidentQuotationRear AdmShipping routesTechnologyTechnologyThomas OsteboTransportUnited States Coast GuardUniversity of AlaskaUniversity of Alaska AnchorageUSCGC Polar StarUSDWatercraftMon, 05 Aug 2013 00:37:57 +0000JOHN R. MOSES37277 at http://juneauempire.comNAO moving to Mendenhall Mall http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-06-13/nao-moving-mendenhall-mall
<p>A major tenant of the Nugget Mall is moving north to Mendenhall Mall after 25 years at that location.</p>
<p>The managing partner of Nugget Alaskan Outfitters (NAO) announced Thursday that the store will fill the space formerly occupied by J.C. Penny and Gottschalks by the end of September.</p>
<p>Ron Flint said the lease is signed and he is excited about the move, partly because the new site has more square footage, taking NAO from its current 11,000 square feet to more than 15,000. Flint said the bigger area allows more expanded retail space and more efficient storage. </p>
<p><a href="http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-06-13/nao-moving-mendenhall-mall" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-06-13/nao-moving-mendenhall-mall#commentsLocalJOHN R. MOSESBill FlintBusinessBusinessContact DetailsGeography of the United StatesGottschalksJuneau, Alaskamanaging partnerMendenhallMendenhall MallNugget Alaskan OutfittersNugget MallPerson CareerPerson Email AddressQuotationretailRon FlintWarWarThu, 13 Jun 2013 23:54:18 +0000JOHN R. MOSES35888 at http://juneauempire.comVacant or Vital, Part III: What help is there for building renovators?http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-11/gastineau-decision-awaited
<p>The Gastineau Apartments became the most newly-vacant structure in the Downtown area last November after fire and water damage displaced more than 40 residents and some small businesses. Residents of the once-busy complex, who generated street traffic and contributed to Downtown’s economy, were scattered into replacement housing, some in the same area.</p>
<p>Now dark with chain link fence at its front, the city, and many who live and work downtown, are eager to know what will happen next to the apartments.</p>
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<p>For a clear view of what ails the Willoughby District, a trip to the State Office Building for a bird’s-eye view might put things in perspective. Spread below, looking toward the Gastineau Channel and Douglas Bridge, is a patchwork of jumbled uses. Some buildings seem to be temporary structures, blocky offices loom — and sprinkled throughout this district are seas of asphalt.</p>
<p>All of that is wrapped into what planners call two “super blocks” that are not as pedestrian friendly as they should be.</p>
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<p>While a towering nearby crane did its work last week to bring the State Library, Archives and Museum building to life, another piece of the Willoughby District’s civic infrastructure-in-development was being discussed.</p>
<p>Representatives of the driving force behind the Willoughby Arts Complex (WAC for short) described the potential transformation of the parking lot between the Juneau Arts and Culture Center and Centennial Hall.</p>
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<p>The popular Zephyr Restaurant at Second and Seward regularly rings with live music and the sounds of popping corks, but the city’s Finance staff has asked the city Human Resources Committee to consider a recommended protest of the business’ liquor license renewal.</p>
<p>That move follows a similar threat of protest earlier this month against owner Haydar Suyun’s Sprazzo restaurant on Franklin Street. In a letter dated March 15, Deputy Clerk Beth McEwen urged Suyun to attend the hearing.</p>
<p>The reason: back taxes owed to the city totalling just over $10,000.</p>
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<p>Today the land near the future home of a giant whale statue is a juxtaposition of past and present land uses, a jumble of modern functionality — an office building, hotels, a small vessel harbor and some architectural survivors of a bygone residential era.</p>
<p>Soon part of the area could be part of the Seawalk, a defined waterfront path the city hopes to eventually make continuous between downtown cruise docks and the small park being developed for the metal leviathan set to arrive here next year.</p>
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<p>It began as a curving arc of pristine waterfront that became a Native village. Then its waters were buried last century by mine tailings to create cheap, flat lots.</p>
<p>In one such former parking lot rises the State Library Archives and Museum (SLAM), a state-of-the-art museum and preservation site for Alaska’s precious historical archives. This sign of progress, of change and growth, is an isolated and hard-won project that is not yet fully funded.</p>
<p>Elsewhere in the district, small projects have bloomed, but more like crocuses exploring the early spring.</p>
<p>That could change.</p>
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<p>City Finance Director Bob Bartholomew Tuesday walked the Borough Assembly through city revenue and expense changes over the past five years, as well as explaining the city’s sales tax and revenue structure.</p>
<p>There were a few questions on the cash overview, but the Assembly dug into the subject of sales tax compliance — and what tools the city has to ensure compliance and collect back income owed by scofflaw merchants.</p>
<p><a href="http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-03-14/budget-sales-tax-procedures-discussed-assembly" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-03-14/budget-sales-tax-procedures-discussed-assembly#commentsLocalJOHN R. MOSESAlliance for Main Street FairnessBob BartholomewBoroughBusinessBusinessCitydirector financeFinanceJuneau International AirportMayorMerrill SanfordminingPerson CareerPolitical economyPublic economicsPublic financeQuotationRandy WanamakerSales taxesSales taxes in the United StatesState taxation in the United StatesTaxTaxation in the United StatesUSDThu, 14 Mar 2013 08:12:33 +0000JOHN R. MOSES31148 at http://juneauempire.comJSD board hears leaner budget proposal http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-03-11/jsd-board-hears-leaner-budget-proposal
<p>Banking on the likelihood that the state Legislature won’t raise the amount of money paid per student, the Juneau school board Monday heard a first reading of a budget that contains $1.7 million in budget reductions.</p>
<p>The Administrative Team’s 2014 budget does not restore two full-time nursing positions as requested by the JSD budget Committee March 5, but does restore middle and high school Pupil to Teacher Ratios to the Fiscal Year 13 levels and adds back half of the district drug testing program. </p>
<p>The total proposed budget is $77,055,207.</p>
<p><a href="http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-03-11/jsd-board-hears-leaner-budget-proposal" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-03-11/jsd-board-hears-leaner-budget-proposal#commentsLocalJOHN R. MOSESaideBusinessBusinessforwardGlenn GelbrichLaborLaborLawLawLeslie AntolickLuanne PowersMaureen HallNursingPerson CareerPoliticsPoliticsQuotationSally Saddlerschool nurseSuperintendentteacherThe Administrative TeamUSDTue, 12 Mar 2013 06:58:40 +0000JOHN R. MOSES30944 at http://juneauempire.comFire evacuates Fosbee Apartments http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-12-26/fire-evacuates-fosbee-apartments
<p>A fire at the Fosbee Apartments Wednesday afternoon resulted in its tenants being evacuated when firefighters had to cut power to the building.</p>
<p>City Emergency Coordinator Tom Mattice held out hope Wedesday evening that the problem could be fixed soon enough to let tenants return Wednesday night, but said the building’s management offered to put up tenants who had nowhere to go in a hotel overnight if the problem couldn’t be fixed quickly.</p>
<p>He said he didn’t know how many people were affected.</p>
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<p>Members of Juneau’s Borough Assembly learned last night of the unexpected passing of a recent colleague. Former Deputy Mayor David G. Stone was praised for his years of public service, and for his kindness and helpfulness.</p>
<p>Stone, who left the Assembly in October, was deputy commissioner of the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development.</p>
<p>Stone was elected first in 2003, and assembly members said he served as a beacon for incoming members. He was termed-out after three consecutive terms on the Assembly from District 1.</p>
<p><a href="http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-11-20/former-assembly-member-deputy-commissioner-labor-david-stone-dies-unexpectedly" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-11-20/former-assembly-member-deputy-commissioner-labor-david-stone-dies-unexpectedly#commentsLocalJOHN R. MOSESAlaskaAlaskaAssemblymember Mary BeckerBoroughCommissionerContact DetailsDavid G. StoneDavid StoneDepartment of Labordeputy commissionerFormer DeputyGeography of the United StatesGovernorJesse KiehlJuneau, AlaskaKim KieferLaborLaborLabormanagerMary BeckerMayorMead TreadwellMerrill SanfordPerson CareerPerson EducationPerson Email AddressPerson PartyQuotationTechnologyTechnologyUnited StatesWestern United StatesWed, 21 Nov 2012 05:54:16 +0000JOHN R. MOSES21264 at http://juneauempire.comIt's official: Foodland IGA to replace A&P http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-08-31/its-official-foodland-iga-replace-ap
<p>It was a long process, but Myers Group CEO Tyler Myers said a lease was signed and downtown Juneau can look forward to an improved grocery store called Foodland IGA.</p>
<p>The Washington State-based retail and real estate management firm purchased Alaskan &amp; Proud and Friday inked the deal for the 47,000-square-foot space in Foodland Plaza.</p>
<p>“As of this morning we finally got everything taken care of,” Myers said by phone from Seattle. He’d visited Juneau a couple of weeks ago and said he liked what he saw. All of the store’s employees told him they wanted to stay on, he said.</p>
<p><a href="http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-08-31/its-official-foodland-iga-replace-ap" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-08-31/its-official-foodland-iga-replace-ap#commentsLocalJOHN R. MOSESAlaskanBusinessBusinessCEOCompany FoundedCompany LocationContact DetailsFood industryFoodLandFoodland Inc.Foodland PlazaforwardGary RosenbergerGeography of North AmericaGeography of the United StatesGrocery storeIGAJuneau, AlaskaLaborLaborLawLawPerson CareerPerson Email AddressQuotationretailSeattleThe Myers GroupTyler MyersFri, 31 Aug 2012 22:25:47 +0000JOHN R. MOSES18745 at http://juneauempire.comDeal reached for A&P inventory, employees http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-08-29/deal-signed-ap-inventory-employees
<p>Downtown Juneau should still have a downtown grocery store to rely upon with lots of familiar faces after Sept. 8, Suzanne Williams of Alaska &amp; Proud said Wednesday.</p>
<p>“It’s a go,” she said of a transfer of inventory and employees from A&amp;P to the Myers Group, which runs supermarkets and other stores in Washington State.</p>
<p>The store’s final inventory will be taken on Sept. 8, and the next day the new owners will come in, Williams said.</p>
<p>“The only difference will be the shelves will be full of groceries again,” she explained.</p>
<p><a href="http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-08-29/deal-signed-ap-inventory-employees" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-08-29/deal-signed-ap-inventory-employees#commentsLocalJOHN R. MOSESAlaskaAlaskabrokerBusinessBusinessCEOClintonCompany Employees NumberCompany FoundedCompany LocationContact DetailsGeography of the United StatesGrocery storeJohn WilliamsJuneau EmpireJuneau, AlaskaLaborLaborLawLawMorris Publishing GroupPerson CareerPerson Email AddressPerson LocationQuotationretailSuperValuSuzanne WilliamsTechnologyTechnologyThe Myers GroupThe storeTrueValue HardwareTyler MyersUnited StatesWashingtonWestern United StatesThu, 30 Aug 2012 00:52:44 +0000JOHN R. MOSES18680 at http://juneauempire.comHistoric ice breaker in drydock, future still uncertain http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-04-18/historic-ice-breaker-drydock-future-still-uncertain
<p>The ice breaker that helped found McMurdo Station on Antarctica, was once the flagship of Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd and performed a record-breaking 39 Arctic and Antarctic deployments is in a Vallejo, Calif drydock as backers of a plan to save it from the scrap yard plead its case.</p>
<p>Alaska Senator Mark Begich sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) this week in a bid to save the vessel, an idea that also has support from Sen. Lisa Murkowski.</p>
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